Rovena — girls' name
268 babies named Rovena in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Rovena was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Rovena in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rovena
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Rovena between 1912 and 1965, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rovena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rovena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rovena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rovena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rovena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 268 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rovena at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rovena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1912
- Peak year (1922)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
268 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 12 births in a single year.
Rovena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 65 births that decade — 24% of Rovena's all-time total
Rovena decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rovena's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Rovena by state
Where Rovena concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 268 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.